BELARUS VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,030	1	53,186	- 43,156
Stroke	2	3,948	2	16,393	- 12,445
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,914	19	722	+ 1,192
Hypertension	4	1,765	31	367	+ 1,397
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,495	30	373	+ 1,123
Kidney Disease	6	1,270	26	480	+ 790
Lung Disease	7	1,226	7	2,208	- 982
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,209	15	1,086	+ 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,187	3	3,530	- 2,343
Stomach Cancer	10	1,056	10	1,690	- 634
Lung Cancers	11	729	4	2,950	- 2,221
Liver Disease	12	713	8	2,078	- 1,364
Low Birth Weight	13	523	47	64	+ 458
Congenital Anomalies	14	521	41	202	+ 319
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	492	5	2,886	- 2,394
Suicide	16	466	9	2,004	- 1,538
Other Injuries	17	435	14	1,099	- 664
Leukemia	18	426	23	554	- 128
Breast Cancer	19	402	12	1,230	- 829
Liver Cancer	20	399	32	363	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	21	385	17	936	- 551
Asthma	22	361	44	122	+ 239
Lymphomas	23	310	20	672	- 362
Falls	24	303	16	952	- 648
Birth Trauma	25	294	52	25	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	26	274	21	621	- 348
Violence	27	273	38	255	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	28	271	42	167	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	29	260	13	1,171	- 911
Oesophagus Cancer	30	255	25	493	- 238
Drug Use	31	241	29	389	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	32	225	43	141	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	197	57	13	+ 185
Fires	34	196	22	620	- 424
Inflammatory/Heart	35	173	11	1,361	- 1,187
Bladder Cancer	36	152	35	295	- 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	134	40	235	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	107	39	239	- 132
Ovary Cancer	39	101	27	429	- 328
Drownings	40	100	24	543	- 443
Tuberculosis	41	95	37	269	- 174
War	42	91	59	3	+ 88
Poisonings	43	88	33	311	- 224
Epilepsy	44	77	45	116	- 39
Oral Cancer	45	70	18	901	- 831
Meningitis	46	69	50	36	+ 33
Skin Cancers	47	56	36	272	- 216
Cervical Cancer	48	54	34	303	- 249
Hepatitis B	49	46	56	14	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	50	44	49	42	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	51	38	28	391	- 352
Maternal Conditions	52	31	60	2	+ 29
Alcohol	53	27	6	2,761	- 2,734
Encephalitis	54	26	46	93	- 67
Skin Disease	55	26	51	31	- 5
Malnutrition	56	17	53	22	- 5
Appendicitis	57	17	54	20	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	12	48	52	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	55	15	- 6
Pertussis	60	8	65	0	+ 8
Syphilis	61	6	63	1	+ 5
Tetanus	62	4	64	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	2	58	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	61	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.